Chapter 11 A Trip to Xihe County (2)
Fang Ling and Lu Bei rode out of the city one after the other, and when they just left the boundary of Feng County, they saw a group of caravans coming from the Gukou Mountain Road, and one of them was Wang Tieshi's caravan.
Seeing Fang Ling on the road, Wang Tieshi took the initiative to say hello and said with a smile: "Little brother, let's meet again, have you found relatives?"
"I found it, thank you Brother Wang for your concern. Fang Ling smiled slightly, when chatting that day, Fang Ling only said that he was an ancestral relative near Shicheng, but he didn't know which county it was.
Wang Tieshi suddenly asked with a curious face: "Little brother, have you seen the King of Shicheng in Feng County?"
"Yes. Fang Ling said with a smile.
Wang Tieshi asked: "Is that as rumored, he is more than eight feet tall, his body is like an iron tower, his body is as strong as a tiger, he has thick eyebrows and big eyes on a Chinese face, a high nose bridge, very kingly style, and natural divine power?"
Fang Ling rubbed his temples with a headache, isn't this what Meng Zhiyuan said to describe himself? What he said so far away in Zou County actually came here, so he smiled bitterly: "This is still a bit of a gap. ”
Wang Tieshi laughed: "I'll just say, I heard that the emperor was handsome when he was young, and Concubine Su heard that she was also a great beauty, so how could His Royal Highness the King of Shicheng not look so rude." However, His Royal Highness the King of Shicheng is indeed not bad, and he did a good thing for us as soon as he came, and now this soldier is escorting, and it is much more solid along the way. ”
Fang Ling smiled and asked, "Then can you still meet the bandits?"
Wang Tieshi shook his head and said, "I met once ten days ago, and I was repelled by the soldiers. However, I guess it won't be now, and these bandits can now be worried about something more valuable. ”
"Something more valuable?" Fang Lingqi said.
Wang Tieshi then said: "Doesn't the little brother know about the discovery of the iron mine in Feng County? The land of Feng County is barren, the army is small, and there are no famous families, how do you say that you can defend this golden mountain? Those bandits will sooner or later hit this golden mountain, and they may go to rob the mine one day." ”
Fang Ling secretly said that this Wang Tieshi was a little shrewd, and he could still think of this, his heart moved slightly, and he said tentatively: "Even if the soldiers of Feng County can't hold it, wouldn't it be good if the two counties of Xihe came to help?"
Wang Tieshi laughed out loud, waved his hand and said, "You don't know this, if the King of Shicheng goes to Xihe County to borrow troops, it will definitely not succeed." ”
"Why is that?" Fang Lingqi said, "There are no troops in the two counties of Mofei River?"
Wang Tieshi said: "It's not that there isn't, but a lot. As far as I know, Xihe County alone has a population of more than 15,000 and 300 soldiers. The same is true of Maling County, which can be described as a strong army. However, the bandits are not vegetarians, and they often go down the mountain to steal horses, sneak into large families to steal, etc., which also makes the second county quite a headache. ”
Lu Bei couldn't help but ask: "Since the two counties have so many troops and have more than enough to protect themselves, why can't His Royal Highness the King of Shicheng borrow troops when he goes down?"
Wang Tieshi laughed and said: "I don't know if the two of you know that every time this king is crowned, His Majesty will definitely send a hundred elite soldiers to escort him?"